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The Grushko decomposition of a finite graph of finite rank free groups: an algorithm

Guo-An Diao, Mark Feighn

math.GRarXiv:math/0510198

Abstract

A finitely generated group admits a decomposition, called its Grushko decomposition, into a free product of freely indecomposable groups. There is an algorithm to construct the Grushko decomposition of a finite graph of finite rank free groups. In particular, it is possible to decide if such a group is free.

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